The noted chef, author and 'No Reservations' star dropped by Maher's show to chat about food, sex and everything else that's currently inhabiting his headspace.

Bourdain joined Maher and filmmaker Stephen K. Bannon, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, and journalist Joan Walsh on a panel to discuss the current state of the American Dream.

According to Bourdain, who has traveled all over the globe and met people of all classes taping his Travel Channel show, obtaining the American Dream is probably more important to people living outside the US than it is to most Americans.

"No one understands the American Dream better today than an Indian, a Chinese or a Mexican as far as I'm concerned," Bourdain said.

Would you have joined in with the audience, who started applauding after Bourdain's statement?